QUICK DAVIS CUP TENNIS HISTORY: In
1900, the American Dwight Davis organized and won the
first Davis Cup tennis tournament in Boston. Since then,
this annual competition played around the globe has become
one of the most important tournaments in the world, embodying
both the values of fair play and the spirit of competition.

Of the 149 nations who have participated in the
Davis Cup competition since 1900, 13 have gone
on to win the Davis Cup. The United States has
won the competition more than any othernation
with 32 titles. Of the 11 champion nations, only
Great Britain has not won the Davis Cup since
the introduction of the Final Round format in
1972. Great Britains nine Davis Cup titles
came under the Challenge Round Format with their
last victory coming in 1936.

ALL-TIME MOST DAVIS CUP MATCHES PLAYED
Italys Nicola Pietrangeli holds the record
for playing both the most Davis Cup matches and
Davis Cup ties. He has represented Italy on 66
occasions in 164 matches. His singles match record
is 78-32 and his doubles match record is 42-12.

ALL TIME DAVIS CUP PLAYER WIN-LOSS
RECORDS
(thru 2014 Davis Cup)

Player

Total
Win-Loss

Singles
Win-Loss

Doubles
Win-Loss

Ties
Plyd

PIETRANGELI, Nicola (ITA)

120 - 44

78 - 32

42 - 12

66

NASTASE, Ilie (ROM)

109 - 37

74 - 22

35 - 15

52

SANTANA, Manuel (ESP)

92 - 28

69 - 17

23 - 11

46

PAES, LEANDER (IND)

89-32

48-22

41-10

51

VON CRAMM, Gottfried (GER)

82 - 19

58 - 10

24 - 9

37

METREVELI, Alex (RUS)

80 - 25

56 - 14

24 - 11

38

ABDUL-A'AL, Esam (BRN)

77-29

52-14

25-15

60

TAROCZY, Balazs (HUN)

76 - 19

50 - 12

26 - 7

33

KOCH, Tomas (BRA)

74 - 44

46 - 32

28 - 12

44

BRICHANT, Jacques (BEL)

71 - 49

52 - 27

19 - 22

42

TIRIAC, Ion (ROM)

70 - 39

40 - 28

30 - 11

43

KRISHNAN, Ramanathan (IND)

69 - 28

50 - 19

19 - 9

43

DAVIS CUP DOUBLES TEAM WIN-LOSS
LEADERS
(thru 2014 Davis Cup)

Doubles Team

Win-Loss

Ties
Plyd

Years
Plyd

PIETRANGELI, Nicola / SIROLA, Orlando
(ITA)

34 - 8

42

9

NASTASE, Ilie / TIRIAC, Ion (ROM)

27 - 7

34

10

BHUPATHI, Mahesh / PAES, Leander (IND)

25 - 2

27

14

KOCH, Tomas / MANDARINO, Jose-Edison
(BRA)

23 - 9

32

10

BERTOLUCCI, Paolo / PANATTA, Adriano
(ITA)

22 - 8

30

11

BRYAN, Bob / BRYAN, Mike (USA)

20 - 4

24

10

CUCELLI, Giovanni / DEL BELLO, Marcello
(ITA)

19 - 5

24

7

MIRNYI, Max / VOLTCHKOV,
Vladimir (BLR)

19 - 7

26

15

LIKHACHEV, Sergei / METREVELI, Alex
(RUS)

18 - 7

25

7

AL NABHANI, Khalid / AL NABHANI, Mohammed (OMA)

18 - 8

26

9

SZOKE, Peter / TAROCZY, Balazs (HUN)

17 - 2

19

8

AMRITRAJ, Anand / AMRITRAJ, Vijay
(IND)

17 - 9

26

15

HEWITT, Bob / MC MILLAN, Frew (RSA)

16 - 1

17

5

AL BALUSHI, Mahmoud / BAHROUZYAN, Omar (UAE)

16 - 3

19

8

LUNDQUIST, Jan-Erik / SCHMIDT, Ulf
(SWE)

16 - 8

24

6

BRICHANT, Jacques / WASHER, Philippe
(BEL)

16 - 14

30

11

ARILLA, Jose-Luis / SANTANA,
Manuel (ESP)

15 - 7

22

7

FLEMING, Peter / MCENROE, John (USA)

14 - 1

15

6

WOODBRIDGE, Todd / WOODFORDE, Mark
(AUS)

14 - 2

16

7

MORE DAVIS CUP RECORDS AND STATISTICS:

YOUNGEST PLAYER:
Marco de Rossi (San Marino, 2011)
Played at age of 13 years, 319 days

YOUNGEST PLAYER IN A DAVIS CUP FINAL
17 years, 177 days - John Alexander (AUS)
1968 Davis Cup Final - USA d. Australia 4-1

OLDEST PLAYER:
Vittorio Pellandra (San Marino, 2007)
Played at age of 66 years, 104 days

MOST NUMBER OF GAMES IN A DAVIS CUP TIE:
All-time: 327, India defeated Australia 3-2 in 1974 Eastern Zone Final - See
Results
World Group (since 1981): 281, Paraguay defeated France 3-2 in 1985 World
Group First Round - See Results
and World Group (since 1981): 281, Romania defeated Australia 3-2 in 2003
World Group Play-offs- See Results
Since Introduction of tie-break (1989): 281, Romania defeated Ecuador in 2003
World Group Play-offs - See Results

EVERY RUBBER IN A TIE GOING TO FIVE SETS:
Two ties:
Yugoslavia defeated France 3-2 in the Zonal Semifinals, 1946 - See Results
Romania defeated Ecuador 3-2 in the World Group Play-offs, 2003 - See Results

NATIONS THAT ACHIEVED 0-2 COMEBACKS:
There have been just 8 comebacks from 0-2 down in World Group ties. Sweden has
produced 4 of these comebacks. The most recent one came in 2014, as France
defeated Germany in the second round, 3-2). In the Davis Cup overall there have
been 51 since the competition began in 1900.